Banff Mountain Festivals
Tracking the White Reindeer

Best Film on Mountain Culture
Sponsored by Petzl ($2000)

Tracking the White Reindeer

France, 2008, 50 minutes

Directed by Hamid Sardar

Produced by Manuel Catteau

Production company: ZED

In the remote plains of northern Mongolia, the Tsaatan nomads are a proud people who live off hunting and gathering. They travel on the backs of reindeer, on which they completely depend to survive. Quizilol, 18, and the beautiful Solongo are in love. But Solongo’s father believes that Quizilol is not mature enough to marry his daughter. Only if Quizilol shows that he is capable of raising a herd of reindeer by himself will he marry Solongo.

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“Beautifully shot and edited, this film takes us into the lives of a group of people who are little known to the outside world,” says jury member Patrick McCloskey.